Leaving before a gig finishes.

connundrum

Was at Dara O'Briain last night, and I couldn't get over the amount of people who were getting up to leave while he was still on stage. The show was good and everyone seemed to enjoy it, so they weren't leaving out of disgust (I don't think). But they were leaving a minute or two before he walked off stage.

I personally think that this is rude, and kinda pointless, and it's happening more and more as we become a 'rush hour nation'. Will those extra 2 minutes really add value to your life? You paid €25 for a ticket, would you not get the value out of it? Isn't it rude to leave while the guy is still on the stage?

I can kind of understand leaving a football game early if your team is getting beat 100-0, but then what sort of a fan are you by not staying?

I dunno know, it is just something that slightly annoys me :rolleyes:

Siogfinsceal

maybe its because they needed to get a taxi home and wanted to leave before the crowds? I always leave a night club bout 15 minutes early for this reason

connundrum

Siogfinsceal wrote:

maybe its because they needed to get a taxi home and wanted to leave before the crowds? I always leave a night club bout 15 minutes early for this reason

Hmmm.. I'd go along with that to a degree, but when you leave a niteclub you're not standing up in the middle of a seated crowd, causing a commotion, and generating noise while the guy is still on stage. I just think a little bit of respect is needed in these situations

LegacyUser

Maybe I am part of a dying breed - when I used to go to concerts I would stay right until the very end, just incase the band decided to come out on stage again. I still do that now, depending on the band and the venue.

The Dara O' Briain gig in Vicar st was different in that the venue is so small and personal, and the guy is so God Damn friendly and nice, that you kinda feel bad for the guy when people are getting up and walking about while he is still giving it his all on stage.

rubadub

last bus?

People have no way of knowing it was 2 mins left, could have been 30mins, which could mean a €30 taxi instead of a €2 bus

raheny red

This is always the case at football games as well! I just stay back an extra 5-10 minutes and everything is grand!

gline

if a gig is good il stay till the very end (last to leave ) but if it is mediocre or crap i will leave a few minutes before the end to beat the crowd... why not

it can take ages to get out of a place when there is a crowd and that annoys some people.

i dont think it is rude to leave when someone is on stage, he is getting your money either way so whats the problem.

Lindaloo

I never understand it either. When a band goes off stage the first time and people start to leave, it baffles me, you're going to be stuck in traffic anyway, what's 10 minutes going to matter when you see at least 2 more songs?

Leaving when it's a more intimate gig is just plain rude, you're disturbing those who want to watch the whole show and you're basically ignoring the entertainer.

LundiMardi

rude shmood!!! The guys is getting paid thousands ffs, i don't think he's gonna take it personally!!

Vicar St is a fúckin nightmare to get out of once a show finishes! It's absolutely rediculous!

cournioni

People have to get trains/busses home. It isn't rude, its just a fact.

gline

PORNAPSTER wrote:

People have to get trains/busses home. It isn't rude, its just a fact.

i hear yah

we pay good money to see bands, so we are entitled to leave whatever time we want

they get the money either way.

Lindaloo

LundiMardi wrote:

rude shmood!!! The guys is getting paid thousands ffs, i don't think he's gonna take it personally!!

Vicar St is a fúckin nightmare to get out of once a show finishes! It's absolutely rediculous!

Okay I take your point about the entertainer, but what about the people that you have to disturb when you're getting up and leaving early? I know when I've to move cos someone wants to beat the rush it does my head in cos I'm missing bits of something I've paid to see.

LundiMardi

Lindaloo wrote:

Okay I take your point about the entertainer, but what about the people that you have to disturb when you're getting up and leaving early? I know when I've to move cos someone wants to beat the rush it does my head in cos I'm missing bits of something I've paid to see.

how are you missing anything? You don't need to see him, you only need to hear him. Do you feel the same when people get up to take a pi$$? If so, don't sit down, stand on the balcony.

gline

Lindaloo wrote:

Okay I take your point about the entertainer, but what about the people that you have to disturb when you're getting up and leaving early? I know when I've to move cos someone wants to beat the rush it does my head in cos I'm missing bits of something I've paid to see.

ok that is fair enuf, if a gig is seated and you have to disturb loads to get out thats not really good, i only ever have left standing gigs early, i odnt sit at gigs at all

Mimikyu

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Lindaloo

LundiMardi wrote:

how are you missing anything? You don't need to see him, you only need to hear him. Do you feel the same when people get up to take a pi$$? If so, don't sit down, stand on the balcony.

No, people going to the loo don't bother me, shuffling about getting their gear ready to leave and being generally distracting bother me.

Likewise, if you want to go to a gig to leave early, YOU stand on the balcony

LundiMardi

meh, i hardly care about disrupting other people, i would minimize noise as much as possible of course, but if i have to leave then i have to leave, so fúck yiz all;)

county

i was at the oasis gig at the point before christmas,people were leaving half way through for what ever reason,i mean paying 50 odd quid for a ticket and leaving so early,, strange:eek:

Lindaloo

LundiMardi wrote:

meh, i hardly care about disrupting other people, i would minimize noise as much as possible of course, but if i have to leave then i have to leave, so fúck yiz all;)

Fair enough!

Feck that though, there's no bloody way I'd leave a gig early after shelling out a fortune for the ticket. I'm there til the death I tells ya, even when the lights come on, I'm still glancing back hopefully at the stage as I'm shuffling out the door! Yep, you got it, I am that pathetic hanger on-ner! Every bouncers nightmare!

Mimikyu

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connundrum

Hmmm.. dunno if I'd have paid the €50 in the first place, but thats neither here nor there

My point may be evolving here, and I think my main problem is people who are in the middle of a seated area who insist on being the first to the door. They will inevitably disturb everyone on the way out, and that is a bit pants tbh. If you know you wanna leave early then stand at the side from the interval, or book seats near the doors.

If it were a magician I was watchin I woulda missed at least 2 finale tricks.. luckily, it wasn't a magician :rolleyes:

county

Solitaryman666 wrote:

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i didnt think so,i enjoyed it

LundiMardi

i was at an oasis gig in the 90's, i was surrounded by tossers so i wouldn't be surprised if people left early.

cournioni

LundiMardi wrote:

i was at an oasis gig in the 90's, i was surrounded by tossers so i wouldn't be surprised if people left early.

I hear ya.

phantom_lord

It is pretty rude to leave early and an insult to the man. When I went to see him I waited outside with my friends to meet him. We did this with all the comedians that came to Drogheda. Dara was definitely the friendliest.

Tazz T

Depends on the event. I regularly leave gigs during or before the last song, unless I really love the band. Since these are Metal gigs I'm hardly disturbing anybody.

I simply want to beat the queue at get a pint at the bar before the rush. I paid my money, I can leave when I want.

phantom_lord

Come to think of it, Christy always leaves Aslan gigs before they're finsihed!

tj-music.com

I am a big fan of concerts and always stay until the end but it is a fact that the transport system in Ireland is the worst in the whole of Europe and I have witnessed people leaving venues at a certain time just to make sure that they catch a bus, if it ever comes, and won´t get ripped off by a taxi.

I think it is a disgrace that people pay lots of money for a ticket and have to worry how to get home :mad:

rubadub

Who was supporting oasis?
I remember the pixies and RHCP in the phoenix park, 1000's left after the pixies, bouncers didnt know what was going on, kept telling people "you cant get back in you know?"

Tobias Greeshman

connundrum wrote:

My point may be evolving here, and I think my main problem is people who are in the middle of a seated area who insist on being the first to the door. They will inevitably disturb everyone on the way out, and that is a bit pants tbh. If you know you wanna leave early then stand at the side from the interval, or book seats near the doors.

Yeah but in all fairness, this is ireland idiots like this will never do this. They're not going to stand for the gig when they could get nice seats. And the chances of them ringing for tickets and asking for tickets near the door, saying something like: 'cos we're leaving near the end cos we'll need some pints and dara bore's the arse off us with his constant eh eh ehing mid-speech '. Yeah not really likely to happen.

Maybe they had full intentions of staying for the gig and one of them suggested to feck on to beat the crowd, get a taxi, go for a pint, etc. as were all suggested in this thread before really.

Although, sorta surprised he didn't rip the p*** out of them when they got up to leave really, was never in vicar street so I assume he would of noticed them leaving. Seen Mr. O'Briain before down in kilkenny and he's a right funny fecker, I know if it was me I'd be milking every bit of humour out of him, god know's you're paying enough for the ticket to see him.